Ocoee parade will close roads

Ocoee police urged motorists traveling through the city Saturday morning to be prepared for delays because of the annual Lions Club Christmas parade.

Police will close parts of Bluford Avenue, Kissimmee Avenue, Bowness Road from 9:45 a.m. to noon.

Motorists should follow detour signs and rely on Clarke Road as the chief alternate route.

The parade, expected to begin at 10 a.m., will step off at the intersection of Maguire Road and Enterprise Street and march to Bill Breeze Park in front of Ocoee City Hall.

Ocoee resident and World War II veteran Mel Jenner, 91, will serve as the parade's grand marshal. He served on 45 missions as a tail-gunner in the U.S. Army Air Corps, earning two Distinguished Flying Crosses.